(The Artist, Lawrence Liao) My recent trip to Taiwan Hi End Audio Show 2019 included an invitation to Lawrence Audio’s newly acquired audio boutique. (The Troup) (James Chin of YL Audio, LAWRENCE AUDIO distributor in Malaysia) (James with Angela Yang of LAWRENCE AUDIO) Lawrence greeted ‘us’ (actually the main guest was James Chin of YL Audio, the Lawrence Audio distributor …
Those whom have followed ‘Open Door’ may recognizes this audio den. Well, the differences here are the introduction of new loudspeakers and the source, a CD player. The current source is the Acoustic Arts CD 1 player. The current Loudspeakers is the Clearwave Symphonia 72 R. Loo has decided on these floor-stander loudspeakers to achieve a very different sound …
Mr.Lai allowed me to grace his audio system that comprised a wonderful pair of Dynaudio C4 loudspeakers. I was told that these C4 were heavily modified with superior audiophile parts at the internal crossovers. The internal wires were swapped with better conduit, to say the least. The main source here was none other than the Analogue. The Turntable of …
That visit was welcomed by a gate with ‘electrified wired’ fence… …that reminded me of the electrified fence for the dinosaurs, especially the T-Rex in the movie… …The Jurassic Park! (Am I to be caged here?!) The owner, Jei showed me to his audio room… …which was filled with acoustical tuning devices of different disciplines. There were traditional bass traps… …
Another audio set up centered on a pair of vintage JBL L300 speakers,… Apparently, to my pleasant surprise, there is a strong JBL following in Malaysia! I believed that there is also a good following on vintage Marantz tube electronics. Here, the owner, Gary Lee owned the Marantz 8 tube amplifier,… …and it’s favorite partner, the Marantz 7 tube preamplifier. …
I remembered my first meeting with Mr.Cheong, the owner of the audio system was like more than 2 decades ago. Then, our first meeting was meant to be a sale of my Micromega Trio CD player to him. I must admit that I did not keep a ‘close eye and ear’ over his progress in the “Audio Art”. Over the …
My recent endeavors to listen to more neighboring audio set up have sparked some enthusiasm among the ‘local hero’. By ‘local hero’, I meant local audio enthusiast turned audio designer, and managed to build and maintain that business for some times. Here, we have Kenny Che (H/P:+60122897059) whom have started his audio journey as an audiophile. Being an electronic engineer …
As an audiophile and an audio reviewer, I have read and heard so much positive comments about the Marantz 7 tube preamplifier and the Marantz 9 tube mono amplifier. (MARANTZ 9R TUBE AMPLIFIERS) When an audiophile friend told me about the possibility to hear them…I jumped! I told him that it was a ‘must’ to hear them…please please… He was …
(Part 4 of 4 of Singapore Audio Trip June 2019) The owner of that Ultra End Audio System, Gary has been an avid audiophile for many years. I have been privileged to visit him and his set up on a yearly basis for some years now. (MAGIC DIAMOND ALTAIR MC PHONO CARTRIDGE AND TONEARM) The recent visit was, to me, …
(Part 3 of 4 of Singapore Audio Trip June 2019) After listening to 2 audio set up, I was thirsty for a good cup of freshly brewed coffee. Ben Chia, the owner of Absolute Sound Singapore invited us (Dr. Rashid, Seeva and me) to his house for that ‘cuppa’. To my knowledge, Ben did not always invite anyone to his …